The 9th festival
Batay nou makonnen
Ten years of the festival. Four days of film, radio, conversation, performance and music in Port-au-Prince, Pétion-Ville and Jacmel.
About this edition
Ten years of the festival
The 9th edition opened on Wednesday 22 July with a press conference at the NÈGÈS MAWON offices in Delmas 75, and closed on Saturday 25 July at the Hôtel Royal Oasis with the concert and show Alarive lanmou, staged by Gaëlle Bien-Aimé.
The programme
Wednesday 22 July2026
- 12:00Film
Dokimantè sou festival la
A documentary about the festival, broadcast online on NÈGÈS MAWON’s official page.
- Radio series
Tranche, episode 1: Kòman nou ye?
Written by Emmanuela Bazile.
Performers Medjyna Alima, Néhémie Bastien and Esmeralda Dimanche. Concept by Stéphanie François, music by Jimmy Kerby Toussaint, editing by Marc Elder Laurentus.
Thursday 23 July2026
- 10:30Gathering
Femini-Thé
Villa Thérèse, 13 Rue Léon Nau, Nérette, Pétion-Ville, and online.
- Radio series
Tranche, episode 2: Yo la, yo gen dwa
Written by Daneka Neissa Jean.
Friday 24 July2026
- 13:30Conference and debate
Jistis klimatik ak fanm riral
Climate justice and rural Women. With Micherline Islanda Aduel, peasant and popular Feminist, and Tamas Jean Pierre, sociologist and founding member of Òganizasyon Feminis Dantò. Moderated by the activist Nidjemah Rudgee Colas.
Centre Culturel Brésil, 168 Rue Darguin, Pétion-Ville.
- 15:00Performance
Chwa M, Kò M
Written by Midaël Caonie Saint-Vil, Olivier Mario, Carles Etzer Lazare, Micaëlle Charles and Emmanuela Bazile.
Alliance Française de Jacmel, 37 corner of Rue Seymour Pradel and Avenue de la Liberté, Jacmel.
- Radio series
Tranche, episode 3: Yo se semans lan menm
Written by Micaëlle Charles.
Saturday 25 July2026
- 16:00Concert and show
Alarive lanmou
The closing night. Staged by Gaëlle Bien-Aimé, with the singers Riva and Lunise, musical direction by Charline, and the Koral Feminis Nègès Mawon. Admission $30.
Hôtel Royal Oasis.
